First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

WORCESTERSHIRE v YORKSHIRE Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, June 18, 19, 20, 1952. Yorkshire won by an innings and 26 runs. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Yorkshire 12) YORKSHIRE 1 F.A.Lowson c Yarnold b Perks 2 2 H.Halliday c Perks b Outschoorn 24 3 J.V.Wilson c Yarnold b Perks 69 4 W.H.H.Sutcliffe not out 171 5 W.Watson b Larkham 45 6 D.B.Close c Kenyon b Perks 78 7 J.H.Wardle not out 14 8 G.H.Padgett 9 W.E.N.Holdsworth 10 *†D.V.Brennan 11 R.Wood Extras b 2, lb 4, nb 3 9 —— (5 wickets, declared) 412 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-56, 3-126, 4-222, 5-361 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.Kenyon st Brennan b Close 48 c Brennan b Wardle 82 2 P.E.Richardson c Holdsworth b Close 16 c Padgett b Halliday 35 3 L.F.Outschoorn c Halliday b Wood 85 c Watson b Halliday 8 4 *R.E.Bird c Padgett b Wood 14 lbw b Wood 21 5 R.G.Broadbent c Brennan b Wood 8 c Holdsworth b Wardle 16 6 L.N.Devereux c Sutcliffe b Wardle 3 c Close b Halliday 10 7 M.J.Horton b Wardle 1 b Wood 1 8 W.T.Larkham c Wardle b Wood 0 c Halliday b Wardle 13 9 †H.Yarnold b Wardle 0 c Lowson b Wardle 6 10 R.T.D.Perks b Wood 0 not out 7 11 G.T.O.Wilson not out 0 b Halliday 0 Extras b 2 2 b 7, lb 3 10 —— —— 177 209 FoW (1): 1-49, 2-80, 3-134, 4-163, 5-176, 6-176, 7-176, 8-176, 9-177, 10-177 FoW (2): 1-113, 2-125, 3-153, 4-171, 5-171, 6-177, 7-192, 8-202, 9-204, 10-209 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Perks 36 7 117 3 Wilson 16 3 77 0 Devereux 11 2 47 0 Outschoorn 16 3 66 1 Larkham 18 3 64 1 Horton 6 0 32 0 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Holdsworth 8 2 17 0 1 0 12 0 Padgett 15 3 23 0 1 0 1 0 Close 21 6 50 2 (5) 6 0 42 0 Wardle 27.2 14 51 3 37 16 74 4 Wood 14 6 34 5 (3) 31 18 33 2 Halliday (6) 15 6 37 4 Umpires: G.S.Mobey and H.L.Parkin. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 206-3 (Sutcliffe 70*, Watson 35*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 21-0 (Kenyon 13*, Richardson 6*). W.H.H.Sutcliffe’s 171 took 255 minutes and included 23 fours and 1 six. 243